ShareTweet For father, John Barbella, spending even a minute away from his autistic son Joseph can seem like an eternity. So whenever he turned his back ‘for a second’ to discover that the 16-year-old had wandered out the front door in the middle of a vicious storm known as a nor’easter—needless to say, John was panicked. […]

Sen. (I-Vt.) plans to hold a live, televised town hall on March 19 devoted to exploring the issue of economic inequality. The town hall, called that drew 1.6 million live viewers. “The goal is twofold: No. 1 is to have a serious discussion on one of the most important issues facing our country, and that […]

Today, February 21, it’s “School Exclusion Day” in Oregon. As noted by the state’s Health Authority, “parents must provide schools, child care facilities with kids’ vaccine records”. If their “records on file show missing immunizations”, their “children will not be able to attend school or child care” from this date forth. As spotted by Newsweek, […]

Cases of autoimmune disease have risen in recent years but because it is frequently invisible and only fairly recently has there been a big effort to increase awareness of the condition (or, rather, multiple conditions), many sufferers have spent years of doctors’ trips and hospital visits before receiving a diagnosis. As one patient describes it […]

If you follow the startup industry, you likely know the story of smartwatch maker Pebble, including that famous Kickstarter campaign in 2012 that sought $100,000 but wound up raising more than $10 million instead. You might also remember thinking that Pebble’s fate was sealed once Apple launched its own now-ubiquitous smartwatch in 2014. You were […]

Trending in U.S. Nanny had ‘eyes of the devil’ after slaughtering two children, witness says Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/10/south-carolina-woman-who-gouged-her-eyes-out-thought-it-was-sacrifice-to-god.html

Karen Souza, 55, poses for a portrait with her dog Handsome by the tent in which she lives, under a freeway on a street in Los Angeles. (Reuters) POST-BANKRUPTCY CALIFORNIA CITY TESTS ‘UNIVERSAL’ INCOME FOR RESIDENTS A 2017 Harvard University report said that one-third of renters in the Los Angeles area are “severely rent burdened,” […]

While meeting with survivors of last weeks school shooting, President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed the idea of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the president sat for a roundtable discussion with some survivors and their families, teachers, and parents of Sandy Hook and Columbine victims, and listened to their harrowing stories, impassioned […]

Martin Miranda / Unsplash The startup scene is hot right now, and I am a female entrepreneur and digital marketer just making my way through it. I always put my passion, energy, heart, and hustle into my work. I am a self-starter, and I like to get sh*t done without the help of others. According […]